Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"   By: Various

(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally printed in subscript. When letters are subscripted, they are preceded by an underscore, like C n.

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were originally printed in superscript.

(3) Side notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective paragraphs.

(4) Letters topped by Macron are represented as [=x].

(5) Letters topped by Breve are represented as [)x].

(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Article COUNCIL: "Although the Frankish monarchs were not absolute rulers, nevertheless they exercised the right of changing or rejecting synodal decrees which ran counter to the interests of the state." 'absolute' amended from 'abolute'.

Article COUNCIL: "The last of the Reform councils, that of Basel, approved these principles, and at length passed a sentence of deposition against Pope Eugenius IV." 'approved' amended from 'appoved'.

Article COUNT: "It is difficult to give briefly a clear idea of the functions of the three important officials comes sacrarum largitionum, comes rei privatae and comes sacri patrimonii." 'patrimonii' amended from 'partrimonii'.

Article COVENANT: "The covenant not to sue belongs to the law of contract and needs no explanation." 'explanation' amended from 'explantion'.

Article COWLEY, WELLESLEY: "and also during the excitement and unrest produced by the attempt made in 1858 by Felice Orsini to assassinate the emperor of the French." 'emperor' amended from 'emporor'.

Article CRAIG, JOHN: "James VI., like Henry VIII., accepted this compromise, and the oath in this form was taken by Craig, the royal chaplains and some others." 'like' amended from 'Like'.

Article CREEDS: "The confession of the Four Cities, Strassburg, Constance, Memmingen and London, was drawn up by M. Bucer and was presented to Charles V. at Augsburg in 1530." 'Augsburg' amended from 'Ausburg'.

Article CREEDS: "It was prepared by Dr George Redford of Worcester, and was presented, not as a scholastic or critical confession of faith, but merely such a statement as any intelligent member of the body might offer as containing its leading principles." 'of' amended from 'or'.

Article CREEK: "a small inlet on a low coast, an inlet in a river formed by the mouth of a small stream, a shallow narrow harbour for small vessels." 'vessels' amended from 'vessles'.

Article CREIGHTON, MANDELL: "His irrepressible and often daring humour, together with his frank distaste for much conventional religious phraseology, was a stumbling block to some pious people." 'irrepressible' amended from 'irrespressible'.

Article CRICKET: "The distance that constitutes "good length" is not, however, to be defined by precise measurement; it depends on the condition of the ground, and on the reach of the batsman." 'constitutes' amended from 'consistutes'.

Article CRITICISM: The Poetics of Aristotle (1898); H. L. Havell and Andrew Lang, Longinus on the Sublime (1890). 'Aristotle' amended from 'Artistotle'.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

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VOLUME VII, SLICE VI

Coucy le Château to Crocodile

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